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DATE:
1/03/2011
Sarah
Steelman's
so
called
'Tea
Party'
credentials
are
purely
fraudulent.
Not
only
has
Sarah
Steelman
accepted
enormous
sums
money
from
trial
lawyers
and
labor
unions,
she
has
never
been
above
collecting
big
contributions
from
prominent
Democrats.
Conservative
activists
and
the
media
need
to
be
asking:
why
would
Democrats
leaders
be
contributing
thousands
of
dollars
of
their
money
to
Sarah
Steelman's
campaign?
There
is
a
simple
answer.
They
know
that
Sarah
Steelman
is
a
fraudulent
conservative
-‐
she
is
willing
to
vote
against
conservative
causes
if
she
is
given
a
financial
incentive
to
do
so.
Example
1:
Stephen
Bough,
Chair
of
the
Jackson
County
Democratic
Committee
Stephen
Bough
was
one
of
a
number
of
Democrat
trial
lawyers
who
funded
a
Political
Action
Committee
that
gave
more
than
$100,000
to
Sarah
Steelman's
campaign.
Bough
personally
contributed
$1,275
of
his
own
money
in
May
2008.
It's
almost
unheard
of
for
a
Democrat,
elected
to
a
position
of
party
leadership,
to
defy
his
party
and
its
candidates
by
giving
financial
support
to
a
Republican.
Example
2:
Indicted
Democrat
Developer
John
Steffen
In
2004,
Sarah
Steelman
reported
$6,750
in
contributions
from
companies
and
PACs
operated
by
John
Steffen,
a
prominent
Democrat
and
St.
Louis
Developer
who
was
recently
indicted
for
fraud.
In
2006
she
accepted
an
additional
$1,025
in
contributions
from
three
of
Steffen's
employees,
all
made
during
a
period
of
24
hours.
As
chair
of
the
Missouri
Housing
Development
Commission,
which
gave
Steffen
hundreds
of
thousands
of
dollars
in
tax
credits,
Sarah
Steelman
should
have
returned
all
of
these
contributions
to
avoid
the
appearance
of
a
conflict
of
interest,
and
to
show
that
she
does
not
represent
the
interests
of
wealthy
Democrat
political
developers
whose
livelihoods
are
based
on
government
largesse.
But
she
declined
to
do
so.
Example
2:
Democrats
at
All
Levels
are
Supporting
Sarah
Steelman
Whether
we’re
talking
about
a
prominent
local
businessman,
a
local
or
a
statewide
politician
–
Democrats
at
all
levels
in
the
party
have
been
lining
up
to
write
big
checks
to
Sarah
Steelman.
The
following
are
just
a
few
examples:
-‐Tim
Dollar
(Democrat,
Prominent
KC
Lawyer)
-‐
$2,400
-‐Chris
Koster
(Democrat,
Attorney
General
and
Party
Switcher)
-‐$1,000
-‐Sly
James
(Democrat,
Candidate
for
KC
Mayor)
-‐
$1,200
-‐Jim
Kanatzar
(Democrat,
Jackson
County
Prosecutor)
-‐
$2,400
Sarah
Steelman's
willingness
to
accept
large
amounts
of
money
from
groups
and
individuals
who
oppose
everything
she
claims
to
support
is
a
serious
and
devastating
blow
to
her
credentials
as
a
conservative
activist.
Hundreds
of
thousands
of
dollars
in
contributions
from
Democrats
and
special
interests
are
a
testament
to
her
role
as
a
consummate
political
insider
-‐
from
the
same
brand
of
failed
politicians
that
were
soundly
defeated
in
the
2008
elections.